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Three Times a Charm?

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Three Times a Charm?

Published: Wed, 28 Oct 2009

Description: Gov. Markell supports another government bailout

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" Horrible play god created charm uncle Sam already bailing out GMA -- why it's not a lender is looking for another multibillion dollar handout. My next guest says -- get a jump on democratic governor. Jack -- from Delaware joins -- right now very governor very good idea. Thanks and we should do -- stress that you know when you were where -- and you knew full well that. -- Jim was gonna leave -- state it did. Now you've got another. -- maker coming and I do want to get to that but there are a lot of folks governor a look at this and saying. You -- you keep coming back to the well. Maybe something's wrong with of these."

" Yeah I actually don't know much about that GM AC's request my focus has been on finding. A new tenant to new -- For the General Motors plant that was closed in July. And just yesterday we actually announced that the -- automotive will be building a new plug in hybrid. -- starting in 2012 that'll create a lot of jobs for people in Delaware natural have been my focus."

" Was there any quid pro quo glove and our senators jaded here than in other words if you were gonna accept this happening. You knew this other thing to via."

" I'm not sure which two things you're talking about happening now."

" Valley -- on supporting GM and I knew you're gonna lose to but that's Israel Lincoln understanding was that someone else and it's it's."

" Absolutely not you know and -- we fought as hard as we could to keep that General Motors plant open as General Motors. We were unsuccessful. That we fought as hard as -- somebody else and fortunately. Now we've got. -- Great car beautiful car that they're deciding it's gonna get a hundred miles a gallon. Be available in 2012 absolutely and related to General Motors okay I had in fact -- back there if it. In fact they're they're -- the General Motors plant from the old General Motors from motors liquidation Corso was totally unrelated."

" Hours I'm General Motors itself governor do you think this is just slowed I mean whether we prop up GM and -- say and I know this is great obligation because. That's fifteen -- out there are billions out there in an exposure. That it sounded too big -- but but but just too big to mess with so we keep giving them money anemic."

" Well I think the jury's still out -- in the end what really matters is whether they can design and build cars that people want and frankly the jury's still out on that that's why we're so thrilled to be getting a car. That is going to be very fuel efficient. A hundred miles a gallon but also very stylish and obviously we're we were disappointed for the workers when the plant closed in that July but we're very hopeful that we're really creating new industry. For the country right there in Delaware it's one that's it's about building cars and it's also really. -- in line with the green economy to."

" On these really small -- to cigars some of them are really small. You're offensive guy governor I'm just wondering -- exclude. You know big Americans."

" Well I don't think so I think the this is a a nice today and it's it's it's absolutely it's it's gorgeous. And you know the the in the nice thing here is that the folks at this for automotive by -- mr. -- they've got a track record. Building cars that people want and again. And that's what it's all about you know what I think -- what the pundits think it's really unimportant the question is will customers buy and that's what we're focused on course."

" Leo -- pundits almost in its financial and Johnson got a very very good -- thank you room. Thanks a lot."

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